Baylor men’s golf is back on the road and headed to Dallas for its third event of the fall, a three-day test at the Trinity Forest Invitational from Oct. 4-6.
The Bears will join a 16-team field at Trinity Forest Golf Club, where the competition gets real fast. The tournament includes programs from three of the four Power Four conferences, and the field carries plenty of national weight.
No. 19 East Tennessee State is the highest-ranked team in the mix, while USC and Loyola Marymount have also picked up votes in the latest Golfweek Coaches Poll.
Trinity Forest itself is no newcomer to big-stage golf, even if the course opened only in 2016. Set to play as a par 72 measuring 7,617 yards, it has already welcomed the AT&T Byron Nelson and the U.S.
Junior Amateur Championship. It’s also on deck to host the 2031 U.S.
Girls' Junior Championship.
Baylor arrives after last week’s trip to the Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields, where the Bears saw one of the deepest fields of the fall. That event included 15 teams, with 12 programs ranked inside the preseason top 30. Earlier this season, BU opened at the Bombs Darts Birds Collegiate in Arizona and tied for seventh at 32-under par.
The lineup in Dallas will look familiar. Alex Heard, Jonas Appel, Chase Yenser, Tyler Sanford and Davis Ovard are all set for their third straight starts. Appel has been Baylor’s steadiest scorer through the first two events, while Heard comes in after closing the Fighting Illini Invitational with a final-round 71.
Patrick Babb and Jack Murphy are also in the mix as individuals. Babb will make his second individual appearance of the fall, and Murphy, a junior transfer from the University of Washington, is set for his first start as a Bear.
Action begins at 8:30 a.m. CT on Sunday and continues through Tuesday. Results and live scoring will be available on Scoreboard by Clippd.
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